Fringe for roller-curtains.



L 1. KEISER. FRINGE FOR ROLLER CURTAINS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1916.

1 203,355 Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

\NVENTOR in m ATTORNE vs JAN KEISEBI, OF THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS.

FRINGE FOR ROLLER-CURTAINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed March 30, 1916. Serial No. 87,784.

' to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Until the present fringes are directly fastened to roller curtains and in many cases to the loop through which the cross bar or rod is'passed. 7

In case the curtain is to be cleaned the fringe has to be cut off and to be fastened again after cleaning. This causes a lot of trouble and loss of time so that the curtain has to remain for a longer time out of service than the cleaning process itself requires. These drawbacks are avoided by the heredescribed invention, two forms of execution of which are shown in the accompanying drawing and explained here.

The cross bar to be passed through the loop of the curtain in order to keep same stretched is provided with a groove which is narrower at the surface of the bar than at some distance inward. The fringe being connected to a strip of curtain fabric the upper end of which forms a loop is attached to the cross bar by introducing the loop with a suitable member passed through it into the wider part of. the cross bar groove. The cross bar may be successfully substituted by a tube provided with a slot extending over its whole length and the fringe strip may also be attached (without a loop) by means of a. ribbed tube as described in the patent application No. 4:7,336/1915.

The curtain a .is provided with a loop I) through which the cross bar 0 is passed. The lower part of this bar contains 'a cylindrical bore hole (Z connected with a slot 6 at the circumference of the bar. The lower part f of the curtain loop is passed through the slot and introduced into the cylindrical bore hole. The end 9 of the strip bearing the fringe i is introduced into the cylindrical hole within the lower part of the curtain loop and secured there by the rod 70 in a removable way.

In another form of execution shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing a tube we provided with a slot n is passed through the loop I) of the curtain a while the end 0 of the curtain loop is introduced into the tube through the slot. A loop 39 of the strip h with the fringe and the rod of circular section it envelops are introduced into the tube. If in this case the tube and the rod have a small diameter thejunction between the curtain a and the fringe strip it will hardly be visible.

I claim:

In a curtain, a bottom loop, a curtain rod passed through said loop and having at its lower edge a slot and an interior opening of greater diameter than the slot and with which said slot communicates, a bight of said curtain loo-p inserted through said slot into said interior opening, a suspended element having a bight passed through said slot and lying within the 'bight of the curtain loop, in combination with a retaining member passed through both of said bights and lying within said interior opening of the curtain rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JAN KEISER.

Witnesses: V

J. A. BOWMAN, I. I. HELSDON RIX.

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